After a three-week break, the IndyCar caravan heads to the U.S. West Coast for the first time this year. Less than 100 yards from the beach and the Pacific Ocean, the legendary Grand Prix of Long Beach will take place. Alex Palou has never won at this street course, while the winner of two of the last three editions – Kyle Kirkwood – returns to defend his strong record. Who will take maximum points on Sunday? We’ve rounded up everything you need to know for the upcoming race weekend.

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

First IndyCar race: 1984
Number of races held: 41
Number of different winners: 22
Last year’s winner: Kyle Kirkwood (2025)
Lap record: Colton Herta in 2022, 1:05.309
Most successful driver: Al Unser Jr., 6 wins (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995)

The 2025 Race

Race length: 90 laps / 177 miles (285 km)
Push-to-Pass: Can be used for a total of 200 seconds, with a maximum of 20 seconds per use
Tires: 5 sets of standard Firestone tires and 5 alternate sets per car (rookies get 1 extra set of standard tires in the first practice session)
Green flag: Sunday, April 19, 5:57 PM ET
Expected race duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes
Number of participants: 25

Entry List for Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

#2 Josef Newgarden – Astemo Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#3 Scott McLaughlin – AAA Travel Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#4 Caio Collet – Combitrans Amazona AJ Foyt Racing (Chevrolet)
#5 Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#6 Nolan Siegel – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#7 Christian Lundgaard – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#8 Kyffin Simpson – Sunoco Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#9 Scott Dixon – PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#10 Alex Palou – OpenAI Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#12 David Malukas – Verizon Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#14 Santino Ferrucci – Homes For Our Troops AJ Foyt Racing (Chevrolet)
#15 Graham Rahal – One Cure Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#18 Romain Grosjean – BMax Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
#19 Dennis Hauger – Ault Block Chain Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
#20 Alexander Rossi – ECR Liquid Science Orange (Chevrolet)
#21 Christian Rasmussen – ESC Liquid Science Arctic Freeze (Chevrolet)
#26 Will Power – TWG AI Andretti Global (Honda)
#27 Kyle Kirkwood – JM Bullion / Gold.com Andretti Global (Honda)
#28 Marcus Ericsson – Allegra Andretti Global (Honda)
#45 Louis Foster – Desnuda Organic Tequila Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#47 Mick Schumacher – Liquid Death Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#60 Felix Rosenqvist – SiriusXM/Acura Meyer Shank Racing (Honda)
#66 Marcus Armstrong – Remax Meyer Shank Racing (Honda)
#76 Rinus VeeKay – Arco Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)
#77 Sting Ray Robb – Goodheart Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)

Schedule for Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Friday, April 17
Practice 1: 6:05PM – 7:25PM ET

Saturday, April 18
Practice 2: 1:35PM – 2:55PM ET
Qualifying: 6:30PM – 8:00 PM ET

Sunday, April 19
Warm-up: 1:10PM – 1:40 PM ET
Race: ‘Drivers, Start Your Engines’ – 5:50PM
Race: Green Flag: 5:57PM

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on TV

USA
Practice 1, Qualifying & Warm-up: Fox Sports 1
Practice 2: Fox Sports 2
Race: Broadcast starts at 5:30PM ET

Canada
Both free practices, qualifying & Warm-up and the race will be available on TSN+. The race will be broadcased on TSN 5, starting at 5:30PM ET.

UK
All sessions and the race will be shown on Sky Sports F1. The race broadcast begins at 10:30PM (BST).

Australia
All sessions, except the warm-up, and the race will be shown on Stan Sport. The race broadcast begins on Monday morning at 7:30AM (AEST).

New Zealand
Practice 1: Sky Sport 4
Practices 2, qualifying & warm-up: Sky Sport 6
Race: Sky Sport 3, the broadcast starts Monday morning at 9:30AM (NZDT)

Weather Forecast

It looks set to be a very pleasant race weekend in Long Beach. Friday will start off sunny with temperatures of 75°F (24°C), before rising to 77°F (25°C) on Saturday under mostly sunny skies. Race day will be slightly cooler at 75°F (24°C), with mostly sunny conditions.

Friday, April 17: 75°F (24°C), sunny
Saturday, April 18: 77°F (25°C), mostly sunny
Sunday, April 19: 75°F (24°C), mostly sunny

Source: AccuWeather.com

Historical Results

Number of Pole Positions
1. Alexander Rossi - 2
= Will Power – 2
= Kyle Kirkwood – 2
4. Josef Newgarden – 1
= Felix Rosenqvist – 1

Number of Wins
1. Alexander Rossi - 2
= Scott Dixon – 2
= Kyle Kirkwood – 2
4. Will Power – 1
= Josef Newgarden – 1

Number of Podium Finishes
1. Will Power – 6
2. Scott Dixon – 5
= Josef Newgarden – 4
= Alex Palou – 3
5. Alexander Rossi – 2
= Kyle Kirkwood – 2
7. Graham Rahal – 1
= Marcus Ericsson – 1

Average Finish Position
1. Alex Palou – 3,40 (5 races)
2. Kyle Kirkwood – 4,75 (4 races)
3. Will Power – 6,68 (19 races)
4. Felix Rosenqvist – 9,00 (6 races)
5. Romain Grosjean – 9,00 (4 races)
6. Josef Newgarden – 10,00 (13 races)
7. Scott Dixon – 10,33 (18 races)
8. Alexander Rossi – 11,33 (9 races)
9. Marcus Armstrong – 11,33 (3 races)
10. Graham Rahal – 12,56 (18 races)
11. Scott McLaughlin – 13,40 (5 races)
12. Christian Lundgaard – 14,50 (4 races)
13. Kyffin Simpson – 14,50 (2 races)
14. Sting Ray Robb – 15,00 (3 races)
15. Pato O'Ward – 15,00 (6 races)
16. Marcus Ericsson – 15,00 (6 races)
17. Santino Ferrucci – 16,00 (4 races)
18. Louis Foster – 16,00 (1 race)
19. David Malukas – 19,33 (3 races)
20. Rinus VeeKay – 19,40 (5 races)
21. Nolan Siegel – 20,00 (2 races)
22. Christian Rasmussen – 25,00 (2 races)